The New (and Ongoing) Job Crisis for Adult Learners: How Adult Educators Can Respond.

Autor/in	Jurmo, Paul
Titel	The New (and Ongoing) Job Crisis for Adult Learners: How Adult Educators Can Respond.
Quelle	In: Literacy Harvest, (2002), S.25-31 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Adult Education; Adult Learning; Adult Programs; Curriculum Development; Education Work Relationship; Educational Finance; Educational Needs; Educational Practices; Employment Patterns; Employment Problems; Employment Qualifications; Financial Support; Foreign Countries; High School Equivalency Programs; Information Networks; Job Placement; Job Search Methods; Job Skills; Occupations; Postsecondary Education; Referral; Relevance (Education); Semiskilled Workers; Skill Development; Unemployment; Unions; Unskilled Occupations; Unskilled Workers; Canada; New York (New York); General Educational Development Tests + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Adulte education; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Bildungsfonds; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Bildungspraxis; Beschäftigungsstruktur; Beschäftigungssituation; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Finanzielle Förderung; Ausland; Informationsnetz; Employment service; Employment services; Arbeitsvermittlung; Arbeitsplatzsuchtheorie; Produktive Fertigkeit; Beruf; Berufsumfeld; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Relevance; Relevanz; Semi-skilled worker; Semi-skilled workers; Semiskilled worker; Ungelernter Arbeitnehmer; Angelernter Arbeitnehmer; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Arbeitslosigkeit; Unskilled worker; Hilfsarbeiter; Kanada
Abstract	Most of the job losses that occurred in New York City after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center occurred in low-wage jobs held by lower-skilled workers. Many of those affected faced multiple obstacles limiting their employment prospects, including limited literacy and English language skills and a lack of "connections" to formal and informal mechanisms through which people typically get connected to jobs. Several programs offered by unions, public agencies, and non-profit organizations in New York City have responded to these learners in two ways--by focusing instruction on the job-related skills and knowledge learners need and by using referrals and other means to link learners to jobs and work-related training opportunities outside the basic skills program. Those interested in equipping low-skilled adults for a changing work environment should take the following actions: (1) be open to new ways of approaching work-related adult basic education; (2) develop the expertise needed to plan and deliver effective work-related education geared to learners' particular needs; and (3) advocate for new funding, better use of existing resources, and appropriate expectations from funders about ways adult education can help learners participate as workers. (Contains 7 web site addresses and 7 references.) (MN)
Anmerkungen	For full text: http://www.lacnyc.org/publications/Harvest/02fall/harvestFall02.pdf.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC